Method of instruction.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1906.

Application filed July 10, 1905. Serial No. 269,119.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARVEY RUSSELL FUL- LER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kirksville, in the county of Adair and State of Missouri,have invented a certain new and useful Method of Instruction, of which the following is a specification.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a simple, concise, and time-saving method of giving and receiving instruction, a substitute for oral, written, or sign language methods.

Another object of my invention is to construct a plan suitable to give and receive instructions by an unfortunate class of our people known as mutes or dumb persons without the use of the ordinary means of instructing them and inless time than it would be possible with eitheroral, sign, or writtenword methods.

A still further object of my invention is to devise means suited to be used in conjunction with ordinary text books in public and private schools, so as to simplify instruction.

The use of my method of instruction may be greatly facilitated by the formation of schools for the purpose of giving instructions through the mail. It may be used by schools of this class now in existence known as correspondence-schools.

The invention in its preferred form is hereinafter more specifically described with reference to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which the figure presents a face view of my novel method of instruction and is designed to be placed in the hands of a correspondence-school.

It consists of a lesson-space, a taskmaster, and assignment-lines, all of which are used in the assignment of task to be performed. There is also a students work-space, a critic, correction and approval lines, all of which are used in the examination of work performed, it being fully understood that the plan herein presented in detail is given merely to illustrate the principles of my method and is subject to changes to suit study under considera tion.

lVe will suppose that a person desires to pursue a course of study at school provided with my method of instruction. The instructor places within the copy or lessonspace the task to be performed by drawing assignment-lines to the work within the lesson-space, connecting it with the words under the heading of Taskmaster to express the amount or extent of task to be performed. He delivers it to pupil. The pupil performs the assigned task and presents in students work-space samples of work performed. Then in turn the instructordraws correction or approval lines from the words under the heading Critic to express mistakes or approval and returns the work to student, and assigns lesson N0. 2, all of which it would be possible for the instructor to do without writing a word.

In the use of my method in instructing a class of mutes the plan or the form herein given would have to be greatly enlarged in classwork. It would have to be as large as an ordinary individual blackboard when crayons are used. The instructor would draw lines to assign or examine work after the work was placed in lesson-space.

In the use of my method, in conjunction with text-books, in some cases it would be best to only place the page or number of lesson in the lesson-space. The mode of examination would be the same as heretofore fully explained.

The invention in its preferred form is more fully described, with reference by letter.

A represents the preferred heading for instruction-blank.

B represents the taskmaster. Its office is to assist in the assignment of task to be per formed.

C represents the critic. Its function is to criticise or approve of work of pupil, a line connecting Work in work-space to words of such import in critic-column to express a correction or an approval, a short stroke at the right of a word to show a general approval.

D represents the lesson-space and is adjacent to the taskmaster and is adapted to receive work to be considered in lesson or the number of lessons.

E represents the students work-space. Should be adjacent to the critic. In some cases it will be best to have an erasable or removable surface.

F represents the position-cut space. In certain lines of work it is helpful to show the correct position.

Grepresents the column of numerals. Is useful in expressing the quantity in the assignment of work or stating the grade of work executed.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The herein-descri bed method of instruction,constituting asubstitute for oral Written 1 master by assignment-lines, and also comor sign methods comprising a critic a Workprising a workspace a critic-'1 adjacent space adjacent to the said critic and adaptthereto adapted to be joined to Work in said ed to be connected thereto by correction ora Work-space by correction or approval lines as prova linelils as ang for plurgoses fully iset fort li. and for purposes fully set forth.

2. e ereinescri e system 0 instruction constituting a substitute for oral,written HARVEY RUSSELL FULLER or sign methods of instruction comprising a Witnesses: lesson-space a taskmaster adjacent there- CLARENCE W. FEAsTER,

10 to and adapted to be joined to the said task- I IsAAo A. LEHMAN. 

